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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

Robert Greene

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Production Serious Thinking Work
People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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People Reason Wrong
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Control Genius Mindset Presence Strategy Thinking True
Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
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Fear Himself Kind Person Side Understand
I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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Hurt Myself People
It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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Consumption Creativity Fact Goal Happiness Limitation
I just know who I am and what’s comfortable for me and I don’t personally do things in life because others do it or because that’s what society tells me I should do.
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Comfortable Life Myself Personal Society
Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Close Enemy Friendship Power Stability Transformation
Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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Creativity Life Positive Rule Therapy World
Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.
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Better Effort Greatness Level People Superior
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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Commitment Fools Independence Maintain Master People Play Pursue Rush Side Yourself
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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Climb Failure Fall Rush
When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Master Mistake Power Shine Worst
There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
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Blame People Try World
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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Battle Beyond Calculation Focus Goal Present Reach Strategy Yourself
Become who you are by learning who you are.
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Discover Learning Yourself

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

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